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And the Winners Are....(drum roll please)

And, ladies and gentlemen, here are the winners of The First Annual Progressivism Awards.....

• Most Powerful Corrupionist

And the winner is.... Boss Tweed! 

Here is his acceptance speech:

"Wow, wow, now we all know that i was going to win, not to sound conceded or anything but, we all did. I don't really have anyone I'd like to thank, but since I'm here I'll send a message to all my employees out there. Tomorrow as a celebration of my expected victory you will all report to work at 4 am instead of 5! No extra pay! Thanks for the award, Good night!"

• Best President During the Progressive Era

And the award goes to...

President Theodore Roosevelt!!

And here is his acceptance speech:

"Thank you so much for the award, I really wasn't expecting it! I thought surely that my colleges Taft or Wilson would have won, but I guess I was wrong! I have to say thanks to my family and all my supporters. Thank you again!"

• Hardest Fighter for What They Believe In

And the winners of this award are...

Workers Unions!

Their acceptance speech was:

'Thank you so much, we have to keep this short because we don't ws to get any negative comments but, thank you! Also don't listen to Boss Tweed's request!" (at this minute Boss Tweed comes thundering on shouting and punching the air)

• Best Suffragist

And the winner of this prestigious award is....

Susan B. Anthony

And her acceptance speech:
"Wow thank you! I really couldn't have done this without my fellow fighters! Elizabeth, thank you for your help and support! And to everyone out there Support Women's Rights! We deserve more!"

• Best Helper or Charity Worker

The winner of this award is...

Jane Addams

Her acceptance speech:

"Wow I wasn't expecting this, Mother Cabrini was amazing, but thank you!"

• Best Civil Rights Activist in the Progressive Era

And the winner is......

Booker T. Washington

His acceptance speech: 

"Wow, thank you, as you may know I did indeed learn to read on my own and I feel that has helped me immensely! Thank you!"

• Lifetime Achievement Award

The winner of this Old Person Award is.....

Alice Paul

Her acceptance speech:

"This is amazing, thank you, unlike some of you in the audience today (eyes Justin Timberlake), I believe that this isn't an old person award, I believe it is an award that shows that I have done so much for the world and this award reflects that. Thank you for this amazing award!" She then proceeds to walk down the stairs and slap Justin, who is in the audience.

Wow, so that is that!  That's all for now! Oh, wait, tell me who you wanted to win, or lose, down below.

My Picks to Win!

So now its time for me to share with you my picks to win!

Most Powerful Corruptionist
-Definitely Rockefeller, he was amazing in his latest movie!

Best President
-Okay, so I think we all know that Teddy, Theo, T.R., whatever you want to call him (I'm on a first name basis)  is going to win! His just just amazing (if I could trill I would)

Hardest Fighter for What They Believe In
-I think that the Civil Rights activists have the strength to win!

Best Helper or Charity Worker
-I honestly think that Jane Addams deserves to win. The screen just seems to love her!

Best Women's Suffragist
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton has been overlooked for too long! She deserves to win!

Best Civil Right's Activist in the Progressive Era
-W.E.B. Du Bois is an amazing role model to all! So, in my opinion he deserves to win!

Lifetime Achievement Award
-Andrew Carnegie is very important to the time period of Progressivism so I believe he should win!

So those are my picks to win. The winners should be announced tomorrow!

And the Nominees Are......

And now for the nominations:

• Most Powerful Corruptionist:

-John D. Rockefeller for his performance in Taking Control of the Oil Industry,

- J.P. Morgan for his menacing performance in Railroad and Steel Control,

-Boss Tweed (William Tweed) for his performance in I Thought I Could but I Got Caught

• Best President During the Progressive Era

-Theodore Roosevelt for his beautiful performance in Being a Trustbuster and Conservationist At the Same Time

-William Taft for his amazing performance in Tariff Raising: How it Ruined My Career

-Woodrow Wilson- for his breathtaking performance in New Freedom

• Hardest Fighter for What They Believe in 

-Suffragists in their tearjerking performance of Changing the Outlook on Women Forever 

- Civil Rights Activists for their performance in We Are Just Getting Started (I believe so too!)

-Workers Unions in their radical performance of We Deserve Better

• Best Helper or Best Charity Worker

- Jane Addams for her performance in Halfway House

- Mother Cabrini for her wonderful performance in Catholic Nuns Helping Others

• Best Suffragist

-Alice Paul for her moving work in National Women's Party

-Susan B. Anthony for her one of a kind performance in A Pioneer in the Women's Rights World

-Elizabeth Cady Stanton for her graceful performance in Susan and I

• Best Civil Rights Activist in the Progressive Era

-Booker T. Washington for his majestic performance in Learning to Read on My Own

-W.E.B Du Bois for his performance in The First Graduate

• Lifetime Achievement Award (this is the award for those who got old) as Justin Timberlake once said "This is the old people award"

- Theodore Roosevelt

-Andrew Carnegie

-Alice Paul

Those are all the nominees folks. Tell me who you want to win down below! Soon I'll come out with my picks to win!

First, the Awards!

The Awards for the FAPA's are as follows:

*Most Powerful Corruptionist

*Best President During the Progressive Era

*Hardest Fighter for What they Believe in

*Best Helper or Charity Worker

*Best Women's Suffragist

*Best Civil Rights Activist in the Progressive Era

*Lifetime Achievement
This is an award for those who we feel have made a huge impact in the Progressive Era.

Who are your nominee picks? Let me know in the comments! I'll be back with the nominees shortly!

Hello and Welcome!!!!! (cue applause)

Hello and welcome to the First Annual Progressivism Awards, (cue applause)!! Here we will tell you all the news about the FAPA's! We will have the nominees, the winners, the speeches, even our picks to win! The Progressive Era was full of fighting, celebrations, and crazy triumphant people. So hold on tight because it's gonna be a long, bumpy, turbulence filled ride!